A simple theory of particle-assisted wetting

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 607-613

  Goedel, W A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

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EID: 0038576351     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2003-00394-5     Document Type: Article

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